voodoo

• He did not mean to slay all the worshippers of voodoo--for it was such a bloodcurdling lie that the Gray Spider had spread The bronze man had given Buck Boontown back his son--magically returned to normalcy Moreover, he had furnished the boy with money to educate himself, to visit the wondrous city of New Orleans. —  003 - Quest of the Spider
• Most of the books were chock-full of philosophy or religion—predominantly Wiccan of one flavor or another, but there were several texts slanted toward Hindu beliefs, drawn from the kabbalah, voodoo, and even a couple grounded in ancient beliefs in the Norse or Greek gods. —  Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat (v1.0) (html).html
• But recent news reports suggest that many influential people, including Federal Reserve officials, bank regulators, and, possibly, members of the incoming Obama administration, have become devotees of a new kind of voodoo: the belief that by performing elaborate financial rituals we can keep dead banks walking. —  Fabius Maximus
• Using some sort of digital voodoo, the software then uses OpenGL to draw on the screen what it has 'sensed' is in the immediate surroundings. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
• Using some sort of digital voodoo, the software then uses OpenGL to draw on the screen what it has —  Dvorak Uncensored

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